SPANKY LS1

iTrader: (24)

What all brands are available, and do they have a y-pipe, or do they reuse the stock y-pipe?

A) JBA 1 5/8"


B) Hooker 1 5/8"


C) BBK 1 3/4"


Any others out there? Anyone have/run any of the above, and if so, how is the quality, fitment, etc? Did they bolt up to the stock y-pipe?

Thanks, Shawn

Redneck Z

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You forgot to ask if they make any horsepower.

zaner

iTrader: (16)

i went with the hooker shorties as you pictured.i have a 98 Ta and it made a significant seat of the pants improvement on my car. I heard the stock 98 exhaust manifolds were the most restrictive of any of the ls1 years, so shortys will prolly help more on these cars than 99 and new ls1's. mine hooked up to the factory exhaustjust fine and went in easily. now that i have done cam and heads , i am going long tubes... so ill have some newer powdercoated hooker shorties for sale if your interested...

KrazyDan

if youve search about shorties, then you have read that they are almost a waste of money wont see much hp gain over stock. they do sound nice though

Nick D

Of course LTs are better for torque because of scavenging, but it has been documented that a quality shorty header will be very close to LTs on the top end. I have BBK shorties, they are the only ones that are 1 3/4 inch primaries, and they are great. Welds were a little sloppy, but I cleaned them up. They look fantastic and bolted right up stock y pipe. TROJAN T/A has done extensive write ups on these headers and they are not a waste of money, especially when trying to satisfy the smog *****. Good luck, PM me for more info.

DopeFedZ

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Why not get LT's? Just wondering.

Wicked_Hugger99

iTrader: (1)

id say go w/ the BBKs if ur dead set on shorties because of the larger primaries but IMHO id go w/ at least mac mids

oxidizr

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I have a set of JBA 1807's for sale $275.00 shipped (new in a box)

see thread: https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...25#post2817625

2000SLPZ28

Im getting a set of Edelbrock Shortys ceramic coated, trying to stay stay legal. and they look really nice too. hope for a little sound improvment.

Redneck Z

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Just curious what you have done to your y-pipe. It says enlarged y-pipe in your sig.

2000SLPZ28

its just a y pipe from slp its bigger on the drivers side than stock (not flat)

saturnus

I like the BBK, but you have to fix the collector for better flow, take a look the right ones ready. They go to a Random Y-pipe. This is the first shortys for me, I always use LT before, but get tired of the heat and problems with starters an so on.

1LE 99

Saturnus,

That's exactly what I did with my JBA's. Seems to have worked for me. I just dynoed 343.9 HP and 344.2 Ft/Lbs with my setup.

saturnus

it`s very good 1LE99, the new LS7 have also "shooortys" and that engine make 505 HP. I think they are not so bad anyway...........Ha ha